Being Flynn Movie Overview

Being Flynn - Overview

Genre: Drama

Opened: Mar 02, 2012 Run Time: 1hr 42min

Cast: Robert De Niro Paul Dano Julianne Moore Olivia Thirlby

Director: Paul Weitz

Producer: Paul Weitz Andrew Miano Michael Costigan

Executive Producer: Jane Rosenthal Meghan Lyvers Caroline Baron

Synopsis

Being Flynn: Nick Flynn is a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody, and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan, is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years. Jonathan Flynn has long defined himself as a great writer, "a master storyteller." After abandoning his wife and child, Jonathan scrapes through life on his own terms, and ends up serving time in prison for cashing forged checks. After prison, he d... Read More

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Box Office Data
# Weeks	5

# Total Gross	$0.5M

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Being Flynn

Studio:

Focus Features International

Domestic Theatrical Distributor:

Focus Features International

Foreign Distribution Sales:

Focus Features International

Foreign Theatrical Distributor:

Benelux Film Distribution (BFD)

Foreign Theatrical Distributor:

Alliance Films

Foreign Theatrical Distributor:

Shaw Organization (Singapore)

Production Company:

Corduroy Films

Production Company:

Depth of Field

Production Company:

Tribeca Film Festival

Sound Post-Production Services:

C5, Inc.

Cast & Crew (12)

Robert De Niro

Paul Dano

Julianne Moore

Reviews (2)

Phoenix Movie Examiner

By Joseph Airdo

Critic Rating:

Mar 16, 2012

Writer/director Paul Weitz's new drama "Being Flynn" excels at extracting emotion because it is so grounded in reality.That is to say that you will not find any feigned happy endings in the new movie, which is based on Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir. Instead, all you get is the cold, hard truth &n ...

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Houston Movie Examiner

By Chris Sawin

Critic Rating:

Mar 01, 2012

I've lived without a father my entire life. He hasn't passed away and isn’t comatose or medically disabled. He just had no interest in being a part of my life until I turned eighteen. Then his view on me changed, but it was too little too late. Even when he was around the first few yea ...

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Being Flynn - Overview